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Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..

Apetalousness :: Apetalousness (n.) The state of being apetalous.

Saxifraga :: Saxifraga (n.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage..

Dialypetalous :: Dialypetalous (a.) Having separate petals; polypetalous.

Pepper :: Pepper (n.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber (Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth..

Stere :: Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order..

Apetalous :: Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]..

Peripetalous :: Peripetalous (a.) Surrounding, or situated about, the petals..

Tetra- :: Tetra- () A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous..

Monopetalous :: Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous..

Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..

Viola :: Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets..

Tetrapetalous :: Tetrapetalous (a.) Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla..

Dipetalous :: Dipetalous (a.) Having two petals; two-petaled.

Symphonic :: Sympetalous (a.) Having the petals united; gamopetalous.

Tripetalous :: Tripetalous (a.) Having three petals, or flower leaves; three-petaled..

Oppositipetalous :: Oppositipetalous (a.) Placed in front of a petal.

Eleuthero-petalous :: Eleuthero-petalous (a.) Having the petals free, that is, entirely separate from each other; -- said of both plant and flower..

Poppy :: Poppy (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule..

Polypetalous :: Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant..

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